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nickff 3 days ago

The device the parent is describing has a long history, and they're known as 'zip guns'. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Improvised_firearm

engineer_22 3 days ago | parent | next [-]

Yes and the response is telling you that you can build something orders of magnitude more sophisticated without any trouble. The point is, the firearm is not the tube the projectile comes out of. Firearm is closely defined and not intuitive to the general public.

echelon_musk 3 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

From Carlito's Way:

> Out come the zip guns. Homemade gun. You pull the hook back, catch that bullet square, ping. Hit you in the head, man, you got serious problems.

robot-wrangler 3 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Quite a page. Featuring the work of ted k and a toy pop-gun that's un-toyed